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Synonyms for butcher

25 synonyms
5 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

bungler bumbler blunderer stumbler killer murderer bloodmonger

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Sad sack

sad sack US, botch, blunder, bungle, bungler, bumbler, blunderer, stumbler, botcher, fuckup vulgar

2. Slayer

slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin

Other

flesher UK, bloodmonger, mayhemist rare

Verb

1. Slaughter — to slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market

slaughter, kill

2. Massacre — to kill brutally

3. Debase — to mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition

debase, bastardize UK US, bastardise UK

Other

Definitions

n. 1
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
n. 2
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
v. 1
To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
v. 2
To kill brutally.

Related words

Word family: butcherly butcherous butchers
Phrases: butcher boy butcher shop butcher's hook butcher block butcher's broom butcher's steak butcher's wart butcher's shop

Forms

Plural: butchers → botches, blunders, bungles, bunglers…
Past participle: butchered
e.g. butchered → slaughtered, killed, massacred, slain…

Example sentences

bungler For a bungler like me, I think I really did my best.
killer The true killer responsible for her murder is you!
murderer Karl warned Rima of the murderer onboard the ship.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
butcher		rising
bungler		steady
bumbler		rising
blunderer		rising
stumbler		steady
killer		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: kill¹, slay¹
5 letters: botch¹
6 letters: murder², killer², slayer², bungle², fuckup, debase²
7 letters: blunder², bungler², flesher², bumbler, botcher
8 letters: massacre³, murderer³, assassin³, stumbler
9 letters: slaughter², blunderer, mayhemist
10 letters: bastardize, bastardise
11 letters: slaughterer, bloodmonger

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murder² = 2 syllables).